BILL NUMBER: SB 552	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JULY 8, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 6, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 25, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kelley

                        FEBRUARY 19, 1999

   An act to add and repeal Sections 128 and 129 of the Metropolitan
Water District Act (Chapter 209 of the Statutes of 1969), relating to
metropolitan water districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 552, as amended, Kelley.   Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California.
   (1) Existing law provides for the creation of metropolitan water
districts and requires a metropolitan water district to exercise its
powers by and through a board of directors.
   This bill would require the Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California, on or before February 1, 2000, to submit to the
appropriate policy committees of the Legislature a report that
describes all deficiencies noted in a prescribed audit and the
actions that the district has taken, or is taking, to correct
 all   each  of those deficiencies.  The
bill would require the district, on or before February 1, 2000, and
each February 1, until January 1, 2005, or as otherwise prescribed,
to submit to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature a
specified report concerning the district's Inland Feeder Project.
Because these provisions would impose additional responsibilities
upon the district, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
  (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 128 is added to the Metropolitan Water District
Act (Chapter 209 of the Statutes of 1969), to read:
  Sec. 128.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 7550.5 of the Government
Code, on or before February 1, 2000, the Metropolitan Water District
of Southern California shall submit to the appropriate policy
committees of the Legislature a report that describes all
deficiencies noted in the audit conducted in the spring of 1999 on
cost overruns on the Eastside Reservoir Project, and the actions that
the district has taken, or is taking, to correct  all
  each  of those deficiencies.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2001, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted, before January 1, 2001, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  Section 129 is added to the Metropolitan Water District
Act (Chapter 209 of the Statutes of 1969), to read:
  Sec. 129.  (a) For purposes of this section, the "project" is the
Inland Feeder Project of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California.
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 7550.5 of the Government Code, on or
before February 1, 2000, and each February 1 thereafter until
completion of the project, the Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California shall submit to the appropriate policy committees
of the Legislature, a report that describes all of the following:
   (1) The progress made toward completion of the project.
   (2) All expenditures of funds made for the project.
   (3) Any variances between budgeted costs and actual costs for the
project.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2005, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 2005, deletes or extends that
date.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a
local agency or school district has the authority to levy service
charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or
level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section
17556 of the Government Code.